Learn best practices and new program ideas for working closely with communities that need the most support.

Join us May 19 for the most anticipated librarian gathering of the spring 2022 publishing season—fully virtual and free to attend. Our daylong program of author panels, in-depth conversations, and keynote talks will keep you informed, inspired, and entertained, and provide insight into industry trends as you work to grow and diversify your collections. 

Integrate outreach and marketing to connect with your whole community.

Learn to develop targeted communications and outreach strategies to ensure that members of your community are aware of the programs and services you offer and accessing the ones they need. 

Join us July 14 for our second annual SLJ Picture Book Palooza, an all-day, free virtual celebration of authors and artists dedicated to the visual dance and extraordinary craft of picture books! 

Through this course, you’ll learn about the concrete actions library leaders are taking to help cultivate an antiracist, inclusive library culture—from examining the impacts of implicit biases, to evaluating spaces, programs, and services and examining policies and practices through an antiracist lens —to ensure that there is a shared value of antiracism at the library.

Infuse equity into every part of your library leadership and administration, from hiring, onboarding, and retention to personnel management to budgeting and beyond. In this course, you will learn to develop whole-person, trauma-informed leadership skills to help you hire and manage staff, manage through crises with resilience planning, navigate board dynamics while advocating for your staff, and craft sound financial plans amid budget cuts.

In this course, you’ll learn from an outstanding group of experts as they explore key concepts essential to cultivating and promoting inclusive and equitable collections. You’ll conduct a diversity audit of your collections, and hear about ways to include wider perspectives from and about LGBTQIA people; people of color; ethnic, cultural, religious minorities and more.

In this interactive course, we will explore the many benefits of the school and public alliance to drive equitable access to information, improve community outcomes, and achieve learning goals. You’ll learn from the experts how to find partnerships, develop a plan of action, and enact your plan over 3+ weeks through live keynote sessions and an interactive online classroom environment.

Learn how to approach your practice, programs, and partnerships through a social emotional lens and better support yourself, colleagues, and your community.